3x3 Eyes began as a Japanese manga (comic) series created by Yuzo Takada.
The manga was first serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine Pirate
Edition, and ran from Dec. 14, 1987, to Apr. 10, 1989. Beginning
on Apr. 24, 1989, the manga moved to the weekly Young
Magazine, where it is still being published. When enough chapters
have been published, they are collected and published as a
tankoubon (small paperback volume). New volumes are published
about every four months. Starting with volume 18, the price was raised
from 485 yen before tax to 505 yen.

The comics are very popular, and early volumes have been reprinted many
times. The 41st printing of the first volume was issued on
May 6, 1998, nearly ten years after the first printing on October 17, 1988.
Recent editions of volumes 1-14 have completely new artwork on the back
cover. The artwork is similar to that found on later volumes, replacing
the original three-panel design. (I believe the change occurred after
April 1, 1997, when the Japanese national sales tax was raised from 3% to
5%. The new printings have bar codes and the updated after-tax prices,
and the bar code section would cover one of the three panels of original
artwork.)

The manga is divided into several story arcs, described below (based on
information in the back of manga volume 14):

Seima Yogeki (Divine Demon Monster Busters)
Vol. 1-2

Yakumo and Pai travel to Hong Kong and have some adventures with
Yogekisha. These stories were used for the first anime series.

Seima Densetsu (Divine Demon Legend)
Vol. 3-5

Yakumo finds Pai after 4 years, and they seek to restore
her memory. This storyline is used for the second anime series,
also named Seima Densetsu.

Seima Seiki (Divine Demon Century)
Vol. 6-11

The continuing adventures of Yakumo and Pai reveal the history
of Kaiyanwang and the Sanjiyan Unkara.

Seima Sousei (Divine Demon Genesis)
also called The Legend of Trinetra
Vol. 12+

This was originally a departure from the main plotline that
disappointed some fans. However, the plot is now back to Pai and
Yakumo's quest to become human and defeat Kaiyanwang.

More details about the individual manga volumes are available on the
Manga Translations page.

Official Translations

Several years ago, the 3x3 Eyes manga was translated into English by Studio
Proteus and published by Innovation. Due to poor sales, the series was
cancelled after five issues. Recently, Studio Proteus and Dark Horse
Comics revived the series, starting by reprinting a collection of the
first five comics as the 3x3 Eyes: House of Demons trade
paperback. A new five-issue series of translations, 3x3 Eyes: Curse
of the Gesu, was then published. These comics were also collected
as a trade paperback, but Dark Horse decided not to continue the series
beyond that point, again due to poor sales. The two trade paperbacks
correspond to the first ten chapters of the Japanese manga.

Much of the 3x3 Eyes manga has been translated into other languages, such
as Chinese, Italian, and Spanish. [Additional information on translations
would be appreciated.]

Anime Comics

Anime Comics are comic versions of the animated videos. These comics are
in color, using the actual cel art and scripts from the anime.

The credits on the first series of comics are for original work (Yuzo
Takada), director (Daisuke Nishio and Kazuhisa Takenouchi), screenplay
(Akinori Endo), and animation director (Koichi Arai). For the second
series, creator Yuzo Takada and director Kazuhisa Takenouchi are both
given screenplay credits, and animation direction and character designs
were by Tetsuya Kumagai.

Curse of the Gesu cover scanned by me. 3x3 Eyes English translation
published by Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Dark Horse, Dark Horse Comics,
and the Dark Horse logo are trademarks of Dark Horse Comics, Inc.,
registered in various categories and countries.